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title: "SSUSH21: Kennedy and Johnson Era Policies (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH21
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH21
subject: social_studies
grades:
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# SSUSH21: Kennedy and Johnson Era Policies

Analyze U.S. international and domestic policies including their influences on technological advancements and social changes during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSUSH21.a**: Analyze the international policies and actions taken as a response to the Cold War including U.S. involvement in Cuba and the escalation of the war in Vietnam as a result of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
- **SSUSH21.b**: Connect major domestic issues to their social effects including the passage of civil rights legislation and Johnson's Great Society, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- **SSUSH21.c**: Describe the impact of television on American culture including the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon, 1960), news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, the moon landing, and the war in Vietnam.
- **SSUSH21.d**: Investigate the growth, influence, and tactics of civil rights groups, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Letter from Birmingham Jail, the I Have a Dream Speech, and Cesar Chavez.
- **SSUSH21.e**: Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968 including the reactions to assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, the Tet Offensive, and the presidential election.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). Post–World War II to the Present. Post–World War II to the Present (about 24% of the test; 11 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.